Quotes About Cynicism

We must reject the cynicism that says allowing every eligible vote to be cast and counted is a 'power grab.' Americans understand that these are the values our brave men and women in uniform and our veterans risk their lives to defend.

Conversely, conservatives assume that humans are fundamentally lazy and prone to immorality. In this view, the entitlement system coddles and rewards laziness. This cynicism spills over into their view of government and government 'bureaucrats.' It also spills over into their political tactics.

The opposite of getting your hopes up is not harboring any,

I think you spend your life expecting to be disappointed, so when someone hurts you just a tiny bit, you can say: there I was right all along...You like being right.

Désillusionnée avant l'âge, je dégueule sur la facticité des sentiments.

The more I see of men, the less I like of them; if I could but say so of women too, all would be well.

In my dictionary, romance is not maudlin, treacly sentiment. It is a curry, spiced with excitement, and humour, and a healthy dollop of cynicism.

U mojem rje?niku, romantika nije pla?ljiv, sladunjav pojam«, rekla je ona. »Ona je poput ukusna jela za?injenog uzbuñenjem i humorom i zdravom mjerom cinizma.«

Wow. He's perfect for politics. He's got that lying, cheating, stealing thing down.

God save me from idealists.

Much earlier in this century an Austrian journalist, Karl Kraus, pointed out that if you actually perceived the true reality behind the news you would run, screaming, into the streets. I have run screaming into the streets dozens of times but have always managed to return home in time for dinner-and usually an hour early so that I can help in the preparation.

Nous sommes imprégnés de cynisme, d'explications psychologiques ou autres, mais la vie est toujours là, ainsi que son essence inacessible, son cycle aussi sûrement installé qu'autrefois.

I know that it's easier to portray a world that's filled with cynicism and anger, where problems are solved with violence. What's a whole lot tougher is to offer alternatives, to present other ways conflicts can be resolved, and to show that you can have a positive impact on your world. To do that, you have to put yourself out on a limb, take chances, and run the risk of being called a do-gooder.

Cynicism really comes out of despair, but the antidote to cynicism is not optimism but action.

And when you fall from that parapet,the sound you'll be hearing as you go down will be me,laughing my head off.

When someone leaves you once, you expect it to happen again. Eventually you stop getting close enough to people to let them become important to you, because then you don't notice when they drop out of your world.

Life sucks when your girlfriend won't!

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

Trust is the hardest thing to give because of the fear of being betrayed or taken advantage of.

Tired of being disappointed...I'll stop giving people the benefit of the doubt.

I LOVE being lied to & they think I don't know.

Sick of being lied to. Still not sick of lying.

What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science

Disarming an idealist was easy